Course Disparity Correction for Distributed Sporting Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to provide a fair competitive environment for distributed sporting events where players compete on non-uniform, remote courses, as they lack effective methods to normalize and correct disparities between different courses, leading to uneven gameplay due to terrain, weather, and other environmental factors.
Innovation Solution
A distributed sporting event facilitation system that includes a competition manager, client devices, and a location information provider, which aggregates individual sporting activities, normalizes player positions, and corrects for course disparities by using anchor and derivative courses, GPS signals, and client device feedback to ensure fair competition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If players compete on non-uniform remote courses, then distributed sporting events can be facilitated with greater flexibility and adaptability, but course disparities lead to unfair competition and uneven gameplay
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter representation of course locations by transforming real-world GPS coordinates into normalized virtual course positions. This allows players on different physical courses to be mapped to equivalent positions on a standardized virtual course, ensuring fair comparison while maintaining adaptability to various course configurations
Solution Approach 2:
A competition manager system acts as an intermediary between players on different courses and the competition framework. It receives location data from multiple sources, performs normalization transformations, and provides corrected position information to ensure fair competition across non-uniform courses
2Reliability
If physical course markers and judges are used to ensure fair competition, then competition fairness is improved, but device complexity and operational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces mechanical course markers and human judges with automated GPS-based location tracking and algorithmic position normalization. Client devices on player vehicles automatically provide location data, and the competition manager computationally determines fair positions, eliminating the need for physical markers and reducing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Player vehicles equip client devices that automatically provide location information without requiring external intervention. The system self-corrects position disparities through automated computational processes, eliminating the need for manual judgment and reducing the complexity of human-operated marker systems
3Extent of automation
If GPS signals and automated location tracking are used, then system automation and productivity are improved, but measurement precision may be affected by environmental factors
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously receiving location data from client devices and repeatedly performing normalization calculations. The competition manager processes ongoing position reports and adjusts virtual course positions in real-time, ensuring accurate tracking despite environmental variations in GPS signal quality
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary normalization of course definitions before events begin. By pre-processing course geometry and establishing transformation relationships between real-world and virtual course coordinates, the system prepares accurate mapping frameworks that compensate for potential GPS measurement variations during actual competition
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables fair competition by normalizing player positions and course lengths, allowing players on different courses to compete fairly, reducing the need for physical course markers and judges, and providing real-time feedback and media integration for an enhanced experience.
Implementation Method 1
a location information provider that provides location information of the player
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments facilitate location-aware distributed competitions. In one embodiment, a system facilitates a distributed sporting event that includes multiple players traveling over non-uniform courses that are remote from one another. The system includes a manager that receives state information, such as location information, from client devices used by each of the players. The manager then transmits location information for each of the players to the client devices, which are each configured to present a graphical representation, such as a map annotated with the locations of each of the players. The system corrects for disparities between the non-uniform courses traveled by the players, for example by mapping a location on a course traveled by a first player to a location on a course traveled by a second player. Various mechanisms for establishing the mapping between non-uniform courses are also described.